I’m Jim. I’m happy today. It’s my 12th birthday today. So I get up early. When I have my breakfast, my classmates come. They give me some cards and presents（禮物）.I am so happy to see them. We go to play tennis. Then we eat at McDonald’s.

At about 5:00 in the afternoon we come back home. Mum makes a big birthday cake for me. The cake has my name and “Happy birthday!” on it. I get many birthday presents ----a yellow T-shirt from Mum, a pair of sports shoes from Dad, a basketball from my grandpa and a pair of tennis rackets from my grandma.

（　　 ）⁶¹．The boy is 　　 years old today.

A. 11　 　　　　　　　　　 B. 12 　　　　　　　　　 C. 13　　　　　　　　　 D. 14

（　　 ）⁶²．They have lunch at 　　　　.

A. home　 　　　　　　　　　　 B. school 　　　　　　 C. McDonald’s　　　 D. KFC

（　　 ）⁶³．When do his classmates come to his home?

A. In the morning.　　　　　　 B. In the afternoon.　　　 C. In the evening.　 D. At night.

（　　 ）⁶⁴．Who makes a birthday cake for him?

A. His mum. 　　　　　　 B. His dad. 　　　　　 C. His grandpa 　　 D. His grandma

（　　 ）⁶⁵．Dad buys him 　　　 .

A. a yellow T-shirt　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. a pair of sports shoes

C. a basketball 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. a pair of tennis rackets

If I had one million yuan, I would buy you a house! Do I have one million yuan? No, I don’t. So I only can spend ten fen on this short message, sending you my best wishes! Today SMS—Short Message Service is popular, and China Mobile says that every second (秒鐘),there are 410 messages being sent．

Look around you! People are watching their mobiles (手機(jī)), smiling or laughing．Thumbs（拇指）are moving quickly on mobiles, bringing happiness to their friends. Through SMS, we know the weather report, share jokes and news, express love and friendship．

      SMS is becoming more and more popular．It’s reported that 67% of young people like to send short messages to greet (問(wèn)候）each other. Internet SMS will be more helpful to people. I’m thankful for the progress because SMS saves me much money. Just on the top of the thumb, so much joy can be found．

1.SMS can help people do the following except       ．

A. knowing the weather report

B. sharing jokes and news

C. expressing love and friendship

D. spending more time traveling

2.The writer thinks that        ．

A. SMS helps people a lot                               B. young people dislike SMS

C. he makes SMS more popular                          D. he will buy a palace for his friend

3.         of young people like to send short messages to greet each other．

A.40%                    B.50%                   C.60%                     D.67%

4. The passage is mainly about       ．

A. how to search the Internet                           B. how to send short messages

C. the joy（快樂(lè)）of SMS                                 D. ways of saving money

5.Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?

A. The writer has one million yuan

B.A short message costs ten fen．

C. More than 400 people send messages every second．

D. Internet SMS will be more helpful to people．

There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. In fact, she 41 nobody except her boyfriend, for he was always 42 to help her. She used to tell her boyfriend, “If I could see the 43 , I would marry you. ”

　 One day, someone donated a pair of 44 to her. When the bandages（繃帶）came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend, for the 45 time. He asked her, “Now that you can see the world, will you 46 me?” The girl looked at her boyfriend and was greatly surprised to see that he was 　47 . She had never expected that．She would not like to be with a blind husband for the rest of her life，so she 48 to marry him．

Her boyfriend left in tears and a few days later wrote a 49 to her，saying，“My dear，take good care of your eyes． 50 they are yours. They were mine.”

　 This is how the human brain（人腦）often works when our status（地位）changes．Only a very few remember what 51 was like before．And we often ask for more than we need．Life is a gift. Today, before you complain about the 52 of your food，think of someone who has nothing to 53 . Before you complain about life，think of someone who went to heaven（天堂）too early. Before you complain about your old 54 , think of the people who are living in the streets．And when you are tired and complain about your job, think of those who have no jobs．So 55 what you have and don’t forget your past.

---Mum, I've finished my composition．Would you like me to read it to you?

---Please do．______.

1. A.
   Let's see it．
2. B.
   How good the story is!
3. C.
   It's quite good．
4. D.
   I'm sure we'll enjoy it．

1．Most probably these diaries are written by ______

A．children             B．teachers            C．fathers            D．mothers

2．Jeremy is excited because______

A．her mother will go to see her

B．her brothers do not fight any more

C．her clothes are better than her cousin's

D．her family will visit the 2010 Shanghai World Expo

3．From the diaries we know______

A．Joe will travel to Mexico

B．Jeremy has returned from her visit

C．Lenny talked with her brothers at dinner

D．Tina will see her mother on the weekend